Russia's President Putin (R, back) and U.S. President Trump (L, back) walk during a meeting. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg: Putin and Trump Couldn’t Make the Relationship Work
The summit ended without agreements because there’s nothing the leaders can do for each other, however much they would like to.
Given the weeks of apocalyptic speculation that preceded the Helsinki summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the news conference that followed the meeting Monday should have been anticlimactic: Nothing was agreed, nothing gained or conceded. And yet John Brennan, who ran the Central Intelligence Agency during the Obama administration, tweeted that Trump’s performance was “nothing short of treasonous.”
But Trump didn’t recognize the Russian annexation of Crimea, announce a troop pullout from Syria, promise to disband NATO, withdraw U.S. troops from Germany or stop the deployment of U.S. anti-missile defenses in Eastern Europe. He didn’t give up his opposition to Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline into Germany or express regret about his decision to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine. In fact, he did nothing that could be construed as undermining U.S. interests as traditionally understood. His comments revealed no freebies to Putin or even any sign that the two leaders had attempted to negotiate compromises on the many substantive issues that divide their two countries.
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WNU Editor: According to all the Western pundits/news media/politicians/etc. .... nothing was accomplished, and this summit only showed how out of depth President Trump is when it comes to international relations. And what made everyone come to this conclusion .... a brief 30 minutes news conference at the end of the summit where a good part of the focus was on Russian election interference. No mention or news coverage has been made on what was discussed behind closed doors, and what agreements and/or understandings were made during these private talks. And when there is some coverage .... like the above commentary .... the conclusion is that nothing was done. On the Russian side, the news media is painting a different story .... and they are revealing some of the details on what was discussed behind those closed doors. To begin .... and to me this is very important .... the diplomatic war is over .... Russia-US summit may put an end to diplomatic war, says expert (TASS). An extension of the nuclear arms treaty .... Russia open to extending nuclear arms treaty with U.S. (UPI). A resumption of military ties .... Russian military ‘ready to work with US’ after Trump & Putin talk Syria, nuclear arms in Helsinki (RT). More here .... Pentagon Open to First Talks With Russian MoD - Reports (Sputnik). And what caught my eye was this .... Russian Military Offers to Cooperate with US in Syria (Military.com/AP). I predict more details will be released in the coming days and weeks on what was discussed and agreed to during the summit .... I am just wondering if the Western media is going to cover it.
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